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Officials with NIMH and other agencies have repeatedly declined comment on where Reagan will slash funds and on the possible political motivations of the President's moves. But one source close to the administration said last week he had obtained a memorandum written by Herbert Pardes, director of the NIMH, and circulated within the agency, which separates areas of funding into those that "do not involve social research" and those that "involve social research to some extent...

Author: By Paul M. Barrett, | Title: Education Funding Cuts Are Criticized | 3/9/1981 | See Source »

...memorandum states that the social group--including fields such as minority mental health, rape prevention and family mental health and policy research--will be reviewed categorically," the source said. But the "non-social" divisions--such as neuroscience and clinical research--are scheduled to be forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) "per usual procedure," the source added...

Author: By Paul M. Barrett, | Title: Education Funding Cuts Are Criticized | 3/9/1981 | See Source »

Pardes could not be reached for comment, and Paul Sirovatka, an NIMH spokesman, said he had not heard of the memorandum...

Author: By Paul M. Barrett, | Title: Education Funding Cuts Are Criticized | 3/9/1981 | See Source »

...more danger with increasing militance. Our government places sharp limits on dissent; when a person passes those limits without the support of huge numbers, he is doomed. From the moment that Black Power became the SNCC byword, phones were tapped, arrests were made, leaders shot. As one FBI memorandum about the organization concluded, "You are urged to take an enthusiastic and imaginative approach to this new counterintelligence endeavor and the Bureau will be pleased to entertain any suggestions or techniques you may recommend." Obviously, fear of repression should not place absolute limits on militance; the calculating radical, however, will wait...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: A Radical Rise and Fall | 3/2/1981 | See Source »

...with fresh evidence of Soviet-bloc mischief. Another team of U.S. envoys, headed by Lieut. General Vernon Walters, set out for Latin America. Secretary of State Alexander Haig headed for Capitol Hill to brief congressional leaders. The State Department provided embassies of friendly governments in Washington with a lengthy memorandum detailing its evidence. This week the Administration will cap its campaign with the release of a "white paper" summarizing its case that, as one State Department official put it, "El Salvador is an East-West conflict...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Winning Hearts and Minds | 3/2/1981 | See Source »

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